纪通 / Ji Tong (Western Han)

Overview

纪通 / Ji Tong is presented as the Western Han tally-holder whose authorization symbol lets 周勃 enter the Northern Army during the anti-Lü command transfer.

Current Profile

Hanji 206 part 2 says Zhou Bo initially cannot pass the Northern Army’s guarded gate. Ji Tong then carries an imperial tally and presents Zhou Bo’s entry as an imperial command. His role is narrow but structurally important: a recognized authorization token converts the ministers’ plan into physical access to the armed camp.

Key Characteristics

• Holder or carrier of an imperial tally in the episode’s account.
• Access intermediary whose action admits Zhou Bo to the Northern Army.
• Example of an authorization symbol becoming decisive during a contested command transfer.

Evidence

Northern Army access:

• Hanji 206 part 2 reports that Ji Tong uses the tally and an imperial-command claim to get Zhou Bo through the camp gate.

Qualifications

This one-source profile does not establish Ji Tong’s wider biography, exact title, custody of the tally, legal authorization, wording, relationship with the nominal emperor, or later fate. This Western Han 纪通 is distinct from Eastern Han 祭肜, who shares the romanization Ji Tong.

What Changed

• Created a disambiguated profile for the Western Han tally-holder in the Northern Army transfer.

Relationships

• 周勃 - commander whose camp entry depends on Ji Tong’s tally.
• 吕禄 - incumbent commander displaced in the transfer enabled by that entry.
• 摄政终结后的内外合击动员 - crisis mechanism in which symbolic authorization becomes operational access.